Subject: Adele (Singer)

• Last Night: Adele at The Warfield

  Adele The Warfield January 29, 2009 Better than: Watching Amy Winehouse frolic a step away from death. British singer/songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (known simply as Adele) totes a voice that's dripping with old soul, yet she's only 20. When she took to the stage last night at the Warfield, that voice sounded as crisp, clear and pitch-perfect as it does on her debut album 19 (so named for her age at the time of its recording), a tone that outclasses performers more than twice her age.

  January 30, 2009

• Adele-icious

  January 28, 2009

• Last Night: Noisettes at the Rickshaw Stop

  ​Noisettes Rickshaw Stop July 28, 2009 Better than: Any show I've seen in a long time. America hasn't yet fallen under the spell of London trio Noisettes, but it's gonna happen soon. They are well known in their homeland, and their latest single, "Never Forget You," leaps out of my speakers whenever I listen to the BBC. The song is heavily influenced by Motown and old-school soul, but unlike other Brits who have recently mined this vein of music (Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Adele), Noisettes got

  July 29, 2009